The controversial purchase of Newcastle United Football Club by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is set to go through, despite ongoing uncertainty over the $373 million deal. Sources...

After 86 years of operating as a museum, Istanbul's Hagia Sophia today reopened as a mosque

French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday called for sanctions to be placed on Turkey as a result of what he said were its violations of Greece and Cyprus’ maritime sovereignty...

Britain’s dramatic change of policy toward China has been underpinned by two charges. That Beijing violated its international treaty obligations in Hong Kong and secondly, that it has engaged...

Omani sites and forums have reported news of an amnesty issued by Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq Al-Said for a number of political oppositionists residing in London and other Western...

The French foreign minister on Thursday said that his country is ready to help Lebanon overcome the critical situation caused by the escalation of the ongoing economic crisis, Anadolu Agency reports....

Some one million Turks are at risk of losing their German citizenship because authorities believe they hold dual nationality which was obtained after they were naturalised, duvaR reported. Germany’s Interior Minister...

A Yemeni government source said southern Yemeni separatists did not return the money they looted in Hadhramout and Aden. The source told Al Jazeera that the Southern Transitional Council (STC) militia...

The Trump administration has called on Turkey to stop oil and gas drilling off the coast of Cyprus, a US Department of State spokesperson told Sputnik. “The United States is aware...

Britain’s Secretary of State for Defence has warned that Daesh remains the “most significant threat” to the United Kingdom. The fight against the terror group has not yet ended,...

Somali Foreign Minister, Ahmed Isse Awad, yesterday denied media reports claiming that his country will send troops to fight in Libya. “Our government has not and will not send...

The Egyptian parliament agreed on Monday to authorise President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to send the army on combat missions abroad to “defend Egyptian national security”. The move came as...

Iran is likely to extend its “20-year cooperation agreement” with Russia, which is due to expire in March 2021, the Iranian foreign minister announced yesterday. Mohammad Javad Zarif’s remarks...

Egyptians yesterday launched the Arabic hashtag “I did not delegate” to express their rejection of Parliament’s decision to authorise President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to send forces outside the country...

What: The dissolution and division of the Ottoman Empire and its former territories through the Treaty of Lausanne, leading to the establishment of the modern Republic of Turkey When:...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is expected to urge Lebanon to enact badly-needed reforms to help get the country out of an acute financial crisis during a visit...

Turkey and Russia agreed on Wednesday to keep pushing for a ceasefire in Libya, but Ankara said the leader of the eastern forces was not legitimate and his forces...

Turkey has rejected Greek plans of expanding its continental shelf through islets in the Aegean Sea and confining Turkey to the Anatolian peninsula in the Eastern Mediterranean region, Anadolu...

The Saudi-led coalition has reportedly imposed restrictions on the movements of Yemeni officials in the internationally recognised government of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, according to a report yesterday...

The Palestinian people have drawn support from many legendary figures over the years. The universally admired Afro-American civil rights activist, writer and poet Maya Angelou was one of them....

A Turkish woman was found dead 5 days after going missing. She was reportedly beaten and strangled to death by her ex-partner.

American Defence Department announced on Monday that it would buy the eight F-35A fighter jets which had been intended for Turkey as the US ousted Ankara from the joint strike...

Libyan writer and Islamic historian, Ali Al-Sallabi, who is a member of the International Association of Muslim Scholars (IAMS), warning against effort to arm Libyan tribes. Al-Sallabi stressed the...

Some 80 Tunisian migrants have arrived on Italy’s southern island of Lampedusa, Italian security sources reported yesterday. The sources told the local AKI newspaper that the first eight immigrants...

Greece said on Tuesday there should be no alternative but European Union sanctions against Turkey if Ankara does not back down on disputed attempts to explore for natural resources...

Egypt has been seeking support from a number of its Arab neighbours, including Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, in its dispute with Turkey. The Jordanian government has offered to...

Turkey launched a wide-scale surveillance operation today over the border with Syria using a balloon, opening up a new strategy in its involvement in the Syrian conflict. The balloon...

Turkey wants to take part in the “great vision” of Niger’s development plan, Turkey’s foreign minister said today. “We would like to make a contribution to Niger’s development in the...

Turkey’s Minister of Defence hosted a meeting in Ankara yesterday where he discussed regional issues with Libya’s Interior Minister and Malta’s Minister of National Security and the Interior. Details...

A Jerusalem-based rabbi, David Rosen, prayed for the full and healthy recovery of Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz who was admitted to a hospital in Riyadh

The English Premier League should consider Saudi Arabia’s human rights record while it is assessing the kingdom’s bid to acquire Newcastle United FC, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a...

Iraqi Kurdish authorities yesterday denied handing over Dalia Muslim, niece of a former senior Democratic Union Party (PYD) leader, to Turkey as claimed by her family, RT reported. The Interior Ministry...